scabs

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plural of scab
scab
The scabies
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Short form for common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab caused by Streptomyces scabies
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The mange, especially when it appears on sheep

1882: Scab was the terror of the sheep farmer, and the peril of his calling. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 306.

scab
To act as strikebreaker
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A worker who acts against trade union policies, especially a strikebreaker
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To beg (for), cadge, bum

I scabbed some money off a friend.

scab
{v} to grow a hard skin over a sore
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{n} an incrustation over a fore, itch, mange
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Additional timber fitted to the side of a truss to effect a local reinforcement, particularly in RAISED TIE TRUSSES
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To get covered by a scab
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A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold
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The itch in man; also, the scurvy
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the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab" take the place of work of someone on strike
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1 A short piece of lumber used to splice two other pieces together 2 One who refuses to join a labor union or who participate in practices in opposition to the union
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Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and forming dark-colored crustlike spots
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Hair is the hair that's left behind after the big chop Even though it may be new growth, your hair still isn't "trained" to behave in it's natural state
scab
A mean, dirty, paltry fellow
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A short piece of wood nailed on the face of two boards where they join to help position or strengthen them
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form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab"
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take the place of work of someone on strike
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A derogatory term used for a person who refuses to respect a strike and crosses a picket line
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when it appears on sheep
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A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike
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An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part
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a length of lumber or material applied over a joint to
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(Australian slang) To beg (for), cadge, bum
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disapproval People who continue to work during a strike are called scabs by the people who are on strike. He hired scabs to replace strikers. Scab is also an adjective. The mill was started up with scab labor
scab
The mange, esp
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A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies)
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{i} incrustation that forms over a wound during healing; scabies, skin disease of animals (Vet. Medicine); plant disease characterized by crusty formations on the leaves (Botany); one who refuses to participate in a labor strike (Slang)
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Several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by Streptomyces -bacteria
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A strikebreaker
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the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
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To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over
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A scab is a hard, dry covering that forms over the surface of a wound. The area can be very painful until scabs form after about ten days
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{f} form into a scab, form a crusty covering; violate a strike, refuse to join a labor union
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Another name for strikebreaker, which is a worker who crosses a picket line and goes back to work during a strike, or an outsider brought in by management to replace workers during a strike
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An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing
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someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
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Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots
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Someone who takes a striker's job, works behind a picket line, or refuses to go on strike with co-workers
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A worker who works for less than the rate fixed by the trade union
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a plank bolted over the joint between two timber members to hold them in correct alignment and strengthen the joint; a short piece of I-beam or other structural shape attached to the flange or web of a metal pile to increase its resistance to penetration; also known as scab piece
scabs

    Türkische aussprache

    skäbz

    Aussprache

    /ˈskabz/ /ˈskæbz/

    Etymologie

    [ 'skab ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish skabbr scab; akin to Old English sceabb scab, Latin scabere to scratch; more at SHAVE.
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